Over 1100 trees planted at the end of the season

With the closing of May comes the end of the rainy season.  The almost daily storms common to February and March settle down into bi-weekly showers that usually coincide with the full and new moons.  Weed growth slows down and many trees flower or temporarily shed their leaves.  The onset of the dry time of year also marks the end of our planting season.  Like most farmers in the Peruvian Amazon, we rely on rain rather than irrigation to get our plants established.  When the rains let up, our planting comes to an end.

It was our goal for the wet season of October 2008 to April 2009 to plant over 1000 trees at our center in the community of Baltimori.  We are pleased to announce that the final count for this time period is well over 1100, with trees planted from dozens of species.            

To date we have planted nearly 150 species of trees.  We also protect many more species in Camino Verde's private conservation areas.  It is our goal to have planted over 250 species of trees and to have identified over 250 more in our protected virgin forests by 2015.  We also have committed to plant 1000 trees or more annually for every year between now and 2015.  To find out more about the remarkable trees that are the foundation of our work, please refer back to our constantly growing Tree Database.